The Pajama Game
Bold signage, modular factory architecture, and mid-century graphic energy support both romance and labor tension in The Pajama Game.
- Year
- 2019
- Company
- University of California Irvine
- Project
- Musical Theatre
- Location
- Irvine, CA
The Pajama Game needed a world that could move as fast as the score. At UC Irvine, bold signage and shifting factory elements framed the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory, giving the stage a clear graphic identity and room for dance.
The story balances romance with a labor dispute, so the world had to support both pleasure and pressure. Repeating structures, workplace signage, and a vibrant period palette suggested postwar optimism while keeping the conflict over wages visible.
A modular approach allowed quick transformations from intimate encounters to full-ensemble numbers. The result was a scenic world that felt playful and pointed, period-specific and theatrical at the same time.
Creative team
- Book By
- George Abbott & Richard Bissell
- Director
- Don Hill
- Choreographer
- Allison Eversol
- Music Director
- Lex Leigh
- Scenic Designer
- Brandon PT Davis
- Costume Designer
- Sarah Monaghan
- Lighting Designer
- Natori Cummings-Haynes
- Sound Designer
- Ningru Guo
- Music and Lyrics
- Richard Adler & Jerry Ross